Mucai Academy LLC

MUCAI stands for Multi-Cultural Arts Integration. It is our belief that children do better, in both academic and extra-curricular activities, when they are exposed to and influenced by the arts. Dance allow students to discover themselves and the world around them, increase spatial awareness and remain physically active. This reduces stress and increasing self-efficacy. At MUCAI Academy, students cooperate in the learning process by inputting their own knowledge and ideas, whenever possible. As an integrated dance community, MUCAI Academy is committed to ensuring the many benefits of dance education and performance to all children, regardless of ethnic, cultural, physical, and learning, gender identity, religious, and socioeconomic differences. All children have a right to experience the many health, academic, social, and spiritual benefits of dance. MUCAI Academy is a non-profit, performing arts school designed to make dance accessible for students of all ages, abilities, creeds, ethnicities, and social economic backgrounds, regardless of ability to pay. For thirteen years, MUCAI Academy's unique performing arts program has been one of Central Ohio's best kept secrets. MUCAI Academy students, of all physical and intellectual abilities, are trained for rigorous college programs and professional careers in the performing arts. Students have two performances per year, in addition to participation in community dance and musical theater productions, like the award nominated productions Heathers, CATS, West Side Story, and Ragtime. Students have also participated at events like Dance Downtown, Worthington Market Day, and the Old Town East Festival. Indian Dance students have a unique opportunity to participate in community performances with Natya Nirvana, a professional Indian dance company in Central Ohio, at the discretion of the director. Students have completed intensive Musical Theater programs at the Broadway Dance Center, The Boston Conservatory.